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Diamond Back Ascent EX

Old 09-14-20, 01:24 PM
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Diamond Back Ascent EX

Please tell me it's junk; I don't need another vintage mtb, but it's so pretty. CL ad.

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Old 09-14-20, 02:45 PM
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Looks like an 89, LX Group, mid range bike. The front brake cable stop is built in to the stem on Diamondbacks of this vintage.
It is a nice looking bike..
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Old 09-16-20, 10:22 AM
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Agreed, I have a '91 with full LX treatment in time capsule condition, and they're nice bikes.
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I won't buy a Diamondback Mtn. Bike unless it's all aluminum. And, it's priced between $50 to $75. Down here near the sea shore they make good beach cruisers. If they're all aluminum w/alloy parts then you can just hose them down and forget about them.
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Old 09-16-20, 04:27 PM
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Not junk. Buy it!
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The DB ascent is a good bike, but it is a common model. Wait for something nicer / more rare to come along, especially at the asking price of $250.
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Old 09-17-20, 12:07 PM
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Solid bike and price (post CVID) FME, but no need to purchase unless you plan to use it or look admiringly at it from time to time.
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It looks very good to me.
And here's my contribution...
Its a delightful little bike.

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Thank you everyone, but it seems the point is moot; the Diamond Back has found a new home. However, tomorrow my husband and I are going to look at a GT Karakoram in Orange Inferno. It's a sickness, I know.

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Originally Posted by Korina
....However, tomorrow my husband and I are going to look at a GT Karakoram in Orange Inferno. It's a sickness, I know.
I like the paint on that one.
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Originally Posted by Korina
Thank you everyone, but it seems the point is moot; the Diamond Back has found a new home. However, tomorrow my husband and I are going to look at a GT Karakoram in Orange Inferno. It's a sickness, I know.

Cool! We can be twinsies if you get it.
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Old 09-20-20, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by 2cam16
Cool! We can be twinsies if you get it.
I wish. Hubby did his thing last night and researched it; turns out most of the really nice components on the bike have been replaced with lower end stuff. Still, we'll take a look.

Check out the shifters:

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Oh yeah. So how did it look?
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Originally Posted by 2cam16
Oh yeah. So how did it look?
We didn't get it. It was just too much of a mess; the chainrings were shark toothed, the bottom bracket was loose, the wheels were ultra cheap, and the original freewheel was replaced with a cassette. Or vice versa, I forget. And the sun fading on the paint was too irregular to look cool. It would make a nice project bike, but we have more than enough project bikes.
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I recently purchased this cousin to that DB ascent.
Mine is a DB Apex. I absolutely love it. I wouldn't trade it for any other mountain bike.


It was converted to a 1× street bike by the previous owner. I've since changed saddle and raised it a lot.
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Originally Posted by Korina
We didn't get it. It was just too much of a mess; the chainrings were shark toothed, the bottom bracket was loose, the wheels were ultra cheap, and the original freewheel was replaced with a cassette. Or vice versa, I forget. And the sun fading on the paint was too irregular to look cool. It would make a nice project bike, but we have more than enough project bikes.
Yeah, I was wondering why it didn't have the same gun metal wheels like mine. Oh well, keep on looking!
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Both are nice bikes, but the Karakoram has the cool factor edge. Darn shame about that condition and the Heinz 57 components. That orange is especially susceptible to fade.
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Originally Posted by madpogue
Both are nice bikes, but the Karakoram has the cool factor edge. Darn shame about that condition and the Heinz 57 components. That orange is especially susceptible to fade.
The fade could have been cool if it’d been even, but it wasn’t.

We probably should have grabbed the Karakoram in Tequila Sunrise that we passed up a few weeks ago. C’est la vie.
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